CIVIL WAR: SABINE PASS. Union gunboats unsuccessfully assaulting the Confederate position at Fort Griffin, near the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas, 8 September 1863. Contemporary wood engraving from an American newspaper.

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BAYEUX TAPESTRY. Norman soldiers set fire to the castle of Dinan while Breton troops resist (left), until Duke Conan II surrenders the castle, transferring the keys from his lance to Duke William's. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry.